Unit 6 Social Studies

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Addict

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Habitual drug user that cannot easily stop his / her habit

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Addictive

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Having the property of not being able to give up the use of something without physical discomfort

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Alcohol

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A depressant that can be addictive. Most people do not consider it as a drug. It has caused more deaths, accidents, sicknesses, and crimes than any other drug. It is the most commonly used depressant

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Amphetamine

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A commonly used stimulant. Sometimes prescribed for patients with mental problems or who need to lose weight. it can also be used to stay awake for long periods of time or to feel good about yourself. Also known as uppers

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Barbiturate

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A commonly used depressant also known as downers. used for relaxation and sleep. In large doses it will paralyze the breathing center in the brain and cause death. It could also cause death if combined with alcohol. It is extremely dangerous with alcohol

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Caffeine

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A stimulating drug found in coffee, colas, energy drinks, and pill form too

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Alcoholism

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Continued / excessive drinking. 9% of American adults are this. They typically live 10 to 12 years less than the average human

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Cocaine

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A stimulant in the form of white powder obtained from dried coca leaves. Is a stimulant that can be snorted or melted down and smoked or injected into a blood vessel with a needle. Comes from South or Central America and 90% of the U.S's and 50% of the world's comes from Colombia. ? is very dangerous and very addictive. It has strong short term and long term effects. If a? user no longer feel satisfied with ? they will turn to crack

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Codeine

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A narcotic prepared from seeds of poppy plants. Commonly found in cough syrups. Sometimes in pill form(another form of aspirin). Can be combined with other drugs to form ecstasy

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Crack

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A crystal form of cocaine that is either smoked or injected. is very cheap yet extremely addictive

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Depressant

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A type of drug that calms the nervous system and/or decreases the heart rate

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Drug

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Any substance other than food taken into the body that causes physical or mental changes in the body. All of these are harmful or fatal when taken in excess. Danger from any? Use increases with the frequency of use. There are illegal? And legal?

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Frequency

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The number of times that one uses a drug

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Hallucinogen

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A type of drug that makes users see, smell, hear, taste, or touch things in a surreal manner

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Hashish

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A strong, concentrated form of marijuana

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Heroin

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A narcotic prepared from seeds of the poppy plant. It is usually injected. Most of this and narcotics come from Asia. When sold on the street it has varied amount of the pure drug. You can contract diseases from the needle used to inject the drug. You can contract diseases such as AIDS or hepatitis. It is extremely addictive there are about 600,000 Americans that are heroin addicts.

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LSD

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A hallucinogine. The most dangerous hallucinogen. Street name is acid. It comes in the form of stamp like tabs

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Marijuana

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A hallucinogen. The most commonly used. Comes from the cannabis plant. Doesn't cause addiction

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Mescaline

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A hallucinogen. Made from Mexican cacti. Commonly used with other drugs to form ecstasy

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Morphine

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A narcotic prepared from the seeds of a poppy plant. Prescribed to relieve pain. In form of pill, IV bag, or injected. Is usually used for cancer patients, those recovering from major surgery, or to a wounded soldier in the military

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Narcotic

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Any drug that relieves pain. Illegal? are opium and heroin

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Nicotine

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A stimulating drug found in tobacco

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Opium

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A narcotic prepared from the seed of a poppy plant. Usually smoked. Is illegal. Give the user a sense of well-being

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Overdose

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Too much of a drug. Usually results in death

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Peyote

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Hallucinogen. Comes from Mexican cacti. Is combined with other drugs to form ecstasy

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Pot

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Another name for marijuana

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Snorting

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Inhaling quickly through the nose

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Stimulant

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A type of drug that excites the body's nervous system and speeds up the heart rate in an unnatural way. a class of psychoactive drug that increases activity in the brain. While some ? drugs are legal and widely , can be addicting. ? Share many likenesses, but each has unique properties and mechanisms of action

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Tranquilizer

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A commonly used depressant. Calms nervous / anxious people. Calms muscles. Very dangerous with other drugs, and when you overdose

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Withdrawal symptom

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An effect of trying to give up an addiction

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Antagonist drug

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A drug that counteracts the effects of other drugs

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Halfway house

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A place where parolees or recovering drug abusers live together under supervision

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Methadone

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A legal narcotic used to treat heroin addicts. Not a safe drug. Its benefits only relative to the great harm that addiction to illegal narcotics cause. Production and harm is a key philosophy in addiction treatment- the idea that maintaining an addiction to a safe for type of drug is less harmful than denying addicts any alternative. when administered properly and taking responsibly,? Has proven to be both safe and effective for millions of patients. Problems usually occur at the beginning of treatment when I patients opioid tolerance is overestimated, or because the patient is using other drugs in addition of ? such as alcohol, which can be fatal when combined with?

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Peer pressure

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The influence of one's friends or others of the same age or social group

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Psychotherapy

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A form of treatment conducted by psychiatrists

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Rehabilitation

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A program to get drug users off their dependency

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Therapeutic community

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A group of people, including counselors, with whom one lives to help in rehabilitation

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Oxycotton

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A very addictive painkiller is usually prescribed for extreme cases of pain. This is an extremely addictive drug that is extremely dangerous when users do not use the proper dosage